Mine detail: Red Bird Mine

Previously called 'Antelope SpringsDolbearRowland-Young'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.16684, -118.17153

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Bindheimite, Cinnabar, Mercury, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Aragonite, Calcite, Cerussite, Hemimorphite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PIPE
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1914-1915, 1929-1931, 1937-1939, 1941-1949
First production started:	1914

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Diabase Dikes
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Relief Fault (Thrust) N40w ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W, Replacement In Ls Occurs Along Fractures Under Shale In Synclinal Axis
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M055021
DEP	10040308
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 167-168}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 250}{Deposit:: 1955 DIREXPL DME}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)